Tilting car-unloading chute.



P. R. POMEROY.

TILTING GAR UNLOADING CHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11I 1912.

Patented July 1,:1913.

I `FRANK R. POMEROY, F PHILADELRHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TILTING GAB-UNLOADING CHUTE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led. June. 11, 1912. Serielle. 703,037.

To all whom #may concern.'

Be it known that-I, FRANK R. PoMERoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphiain the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements inTilting Car-Unloadin Chutes, of which the or tilting movement in theIfollowing isa speci cation.

The pr 'sent invention appertains to unloading utes for cars of the samegeneral type, as et forth inmy previous application, Se ial Number668,838, filed January 2, 1912,' wherein is shown a chute adapted to beremovably and adjustnbljr supported upon the side of a car, or the like.While in the invention` of my said application the chute is designed tobe stationary in relation to its supporting means,in the presentyconstructionI have provided a chutewhich is adapted to tilt upon thesupport by which the receptacle. is secured to the car. In the use of myprevious chute there are times when the device. must be placed upon avery low car, 'givingV rise -to diiiiculty because wagons cannot passunder the chute. I have eliminated the above disadvantage by nowmounting the chute in a substantially horizontal position and adaptingit for pivotal ischarging operation.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to behad'to the following description and the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

f Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing an unloading chute embodyingthe e'ssen..

tial features of the invention operably supported upon a car andillustrated in tilting diseharglng position. Fig. 2 is a side elevationwith the chute in the position assumed thereby while being loaded. Fig.3 is a top plan view of the chute alone. Throughout the following detaildescrip'- tion, and on the several figures of the draw-y in similarparts are referred to yby like re erence characters.

The car A shown in t-he drawings is of a vconventional type in commonuse and the present invention as illustrated in connectiontherewithconsists of the lchute B and its .support C.` The chute B comprises thesides 1, the bottom 2, the discharge door 3,`

and other detail parts. The discharge door 3 aforesaid is of angularlformationand ts snugly against Athe outer open end of the body of thechute B. A-n angle bar 4 atl the lower edge of the door 3 rojects aShort distance at its opposite en soV as to be readily engaged bycatches 5 pivoted at 64 jecting at their upper extremities to form`hooks 9 engaging over the r'od 8 and de-` tachably supporting the-doorupon the chute body. Handles 10 are applied to the oppo,

site sides, of the chute B andmay be conveniently grasped in moving thedevice from place. to place.

The support C for the chute B consists of a pair of brackets, each beingcomposed of a vertical stay bar 11, a horizontal supporting bar 12 and abrace 13v connected at its upper ,portion to the bar 12 and adjustablyconnected by a fastening 14 tothe ower end of the barll. The supportingbar 12 isformed with a hook 15` at its inner end. The brackets, as'above described, are connected together by tie rods 16 and a pivot rod17, the atter passing through reinforcing bars 18 secured to the underside of the bottom 2 of the chute. The oint of pivotal connection 17between the ciiute B and the Support C is adjacent to theouter end ofthe chute and permits of tilting movement of the latter as limited bychains or flexible connections 19, one end of each of,` whichz isPatented July 1,1913.

attached to the upper inner tie rod 16 and y i `from for convenientmanipulation by an operator to raise the chute into'tilted posit-ion.When the chute is tilted in the above manner, the door 3 maybe readilyopened by 'pulling upon one or theother of the handles 22 whichconstitute extensions or arms of a shaft 23 mounted in suitable bearingson the bottom of the chute. The handles 22 are movable freely at theouter sides of the chute and 4each handle is formed with two inwardlyprojecting ins 23 and 24, the lower pin 24 being a opted to 'engage thecatch 5 from beneath the same to raise the latter in releasing the door3, while the upesv los

the door 3 is held closed. v'I"l1e;--pins213,nor-y mally support thehandles l22 in a osition A special advantage'ifor the angularconstruct-ion offthe'door residesin the facttlifat when the chute istilted Vand. the doorha's been opened, the latter will'gravi't'ate intothe latter discharges from'the samer ,y f f.

From the foregoingitf'will4 bey apparentV that the unloadingdevice'describedis of, comparatively simple .construct-ion', `may be' .veryquickly mounted` upon a car and-fre l ien'ce to render the operating anapproximately vertical'zposition andits--y lower inwardly projectingiplortion willform;Y a spreader for thematerial in the chuteas z M n pbrace of each Ybra'cke-tfbeinig adjustable, 'other means 'connecting:saidybrackets :together-and fformingf a ,iifpivotal@connectionlklfbtween Ithe moved therefrom, is adapted yfor' a certain amount ofadjustment by reasonv ofthe adjustable connections betweenthe brace 13and stay bars 11, and is susceptible offreadyj tilting and restoringmovement. Furthermore, it will be understoodthat only one of; each ofthehandlesl 21-and22 is necessary,

the provision of handles at opposite sidesof the chute being merely amatterof convenstituted thereby, more accessible.

Having thus described the inventiomwhat is .claimed as new is:

1. In combination, anunloadingchute, ay support therefor comprising apair of brack.; .etsfeach of said bracketsconsisting ofy anapproximatelyhorizontal bar having'means to engage with a car, orthe like,fa verticalbaranda brace connected at their upper ends with said horizo-ntal barand connected together at their lower ends', rods vconnect- V ing saidbrackets together, the connectiony between the lower ends. of thevertical bar and bracepf each bracket being adjustable,` and other meansconnecting said brackets means C011- I closed.

and ...forming a., pivotal connection between theY'chutea'11d'tli'e"'said support.

2.; In. combination, an unloading chute, a support therefor comprisingapair of brackconvenientl for operation to release te. door.. `Evets,e'ah of said brackets consisting. of an approximately horizontalbah'avlng means lvto engagew-ith car, or the like, a vertical ends withsaid horizorntalbalr and-."con'neo'ted y.togethe'rat theirylowerndsgfrod's'f-conn'ecting said 'l brackets' together'g Jthe connectionibechute and thems'aid''support,and flexible f 3-.1 In ',.combinatlom"gan.unloadingig.fchute, av support therefor comprislng/a pairlofibrackets', each ofi saidv bracketsfconsisting v, of: an

lapproximately horizontah'bargvhaving means.`

to engage iwith a=zcar, on th liketa;vertical vbar yand a ubrace`-co11nected-az.at, their; upper lends with said .horizontalffba .zandconnected together atal their .lowerf-y ends, ro'ds .connectling saidbracketstogetherl,an `operativen connection between" the cli-uteand`saidsupport,

t the connection .between the ,f1 chute and.; support `permittingtiltingxmovement ofthe former upon 'the'latteig means:foialimiting suchtilting movement andalockingmeans.

for normally holding-.t erdoor ofp-thefchute `In testimony in presenceof two Witnesses'.x. y v ramiv PQMEROY:

lWitnesses: L EDGAR A. HOBSON .l 4 e f AMos S. Rownanpi.; I c

